DualSense Edge back buttons not working

[PunsNRoses]

Latest beta update supports remapping the back and Fn buttons on the Dualsense Edge, but it's not working. I am able to remap the buttons in the controller config menu, but said buttons aren't actually working in-game.

[Tylo]

i wonder if the dualsense features are gonna work....to get dualsense features to work normally you have to disable steam input which allows the DS features to work, but then that'd disable the ability to map those buttons lol

[kamih]

What menu are you using to remap the buttons? I'm not seeing an option for this anywhere.

[PunsNRoses]

Originally posted by kamih:

What menu are you using to remap the buttons? I'm not seeing an option for this anywhere.

You need to use the new Big Picture mode to do it. Launch Big Picture mode and go to a game and modify the controller config, there's an option to enable the rear buttons and map them but they don't work in-game or in the input test.

[XDM]

doesn't work for me ether in windows or linux BUT i hear rumors of it working on a steamdeck. can anyone test that?

[PunsNRoses]

I figured out how to get my back buttons working: Launch big picture mode, go to Settings > Controller > Test Device Inputs and then Reset Device Inputs. I have to do this every time I connect my DSE to my PC but at least all the buttons work now.

[Hokie Doke]

Originally posted by PunsNRoses:

I figured out how to get my back buttons working: Launch big picture mode, go to Settings > Controller > Test Device Inputs and then Reset Device Inputs. I have to do this every time I connect my DSE to my PC but at least all the buttons work now.

dude, thank you, I was losing my mind trying to figure out why I was having such a hell of a time trying to bind the touchpad clicks (the actual touches worked, but not the left/middle/right clicks). It was a pain in the ♥♥♥♥ to get the game to bind the ♥♥♥♥ to the DSE like I wanted but at least now with this it's at least possible

[austinp_valve]

Originally posted by PunsNRoses:

I figured out how to get my back buttons working: Launch big picture mode, go to Settings > Controller > Test Device Inputs and then Reset Device Inputs. I have to do this every time I connect my DSE to my PC but at least all the buttons work now.

We're not able to reproduce this here and think there might be a file permissions issue with the config.vdf file. Can you go to Steam/config/config.vdf and remove anything under the "SDL_GamepadBind" entry?

[PunsNRoses]

Originally posted by austinp_valve:

Originally posted by PunsNRoses:

I figured out how to get my back buttons working: Launch big picture mode, go to Settings > Controller > Test Device Inputs and then Reset Device Inputs. I have to do this every time I connect my DSE to my PC but at least all the buttons work now.

We're not able to reproduce this here and think there might be a file permissions issue with the config.vdf file. Can you go to Steam/config/config.vdf and remove anything under the "SDL_GamepadBind" entry?

That worked! Thank you so much! The back buttons are now working without having to reset the inputs in BPM first.

Only issue I'm having now is that the button combo to turn the controller off isn't working (PS + Triangle). It works on a normal DualSense but not the DSE.

[austinp_valve]

The next beta also has a fix for the "Turn off controller" functionality not working on Dual Sense Edge

[Jeeeff]

This didn't work for me. I am on linux PopOS 22.04 kernel 6.4. Tried steam beta or stable, as well as wayland vs X and same problem.
Also, out of the box, all the buttons mapping for my DualSense Edge are wrong.
The square (on the physical controller) is mapped to triangle in steam, the triangle to circle, the circle to X, the X to square. The left and right analog triggers are mapped to the right joystick! And the joystick to the triggers.
Now, I can remap most of those, and this seem to work fine, but then there is no support whatsoever for the back buttons and function buttons, which I was looking forward to use for all sort of desktop switching and functionality use. The touchpad work as a generic mouse to move the cursor in the desktop itself (even without steam).

The microphone button does not detect/remap when I try to map it (again, all of this done under Test Device Input), and same when the touchpad input mapping is highlighted (I have to skip both with X)

[Jeeeff]

Update: after adding these udev rules https://codeberg.org/fabiscafe/game-devices-udev to /etc/udev/rules.d/ everything now works including the gyro that weren't working! Even the LEDs are lighting up in cyan instead of blue (wasn't expecting that, didn't know it was a thing).

Took this info from https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/9256 then found the Arch package here: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/game-devices-udev. I am not clear if those udev rules should have been there but I am guessing this may be too new for my linux distro, or perhaps I should have reinstalled something to have them. Anyway, I was fine copying them manually for now.

Also, running pop_os on Wayland (which isn't supported / possible by default) was in fact also causing some other related issues on top of that. Under Wayland, none of the Desktop controller layouts and the Chord Layout shortcuts work. It is actually one of the very rare exception I had where Wayland still does not work perfectly.

[leolarose798]

Ok I know this is super late but I figured out the problem with this. Turns out there are hard coded profiles in the controller and you can swap between them by holding down the Fn button and pressing one of the right face buttons it will change the hard coded profile. You can only change those profiles with a PS5 sadly. So just make sure you never hold down an fn button and press one of the 4 face buttons. And if you do hold down an either fn button and press triangle as that is the hard coded default profile which allows back paddle support this guy had the same problem https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/1aqza6l/dualsense_edge_controller_buttons_not/?rdt=49041 this person also look at first reply https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/15duf1l/dualsense_edge_back_buttons_permanently_set_to_o/

[AerFrame]

Originally posted by austinp_valve:

Originally posted by PunsNRoses:

I figured out how to get my back buttons working: Launch big picture mode, go to Settings > Controller > Test Device Inputs and then Reset Device Inputs. I have to do this every time I connect my DSE to my PC but at least all the buttons work now.

We're not able to reproduce this here and think there might be a file permissions issue with the config.vdf file. Can you go to Steam/config/config.vdf and remove anything under the "SDL_GamepadBind" entry?

Hey there, I have been having this same issue specifically with Rocket League. I have tried removing everything under SDL_GamepadBind and nothing seems to allow the back buttons to be registered in game. Steam recognizes the back buttons as inputs when I test everything in the "Test Device Inputs" interface under controller settings, but I can't get anything else to register them (ie. gamepad tester websites or Rocket League). A few things to note: I purchased the game through epic originally and am trying to use Steam for the controller support, so I added the game manually as a non-steam game. I also am using a custom controller button layout for the game to be able to have a square joystick deadzone, but this layout has back buttons enabled and mapped properly. I don't think these things are affecting anything though as a simple gamepad tester website should be able to pick up the back paddles I believe. Is there anything else I am missing that would allow them to work? Thanks!

Edit: I found out the issue was in the pre-mapped back buttons. I was able to remap them using Sony's Playstation Accessories app and creating a profile with the buttons mapped how I wanted.